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Penn State vs. St. Bonaventure
October 9, 2025 University Park, Pennsylvania SCY (25 yards) Full Meet Results Team Scores Women: Penn State – 211, St. Bonaventure – 81 Men: Penn State – 228, St. Bonaventure – 72Penn State kicked off its competition season with a bang this week, as the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams toppled St. Bonaventure at a home meet in University Park. The Nittany Lions dominated the competition, with both the men and women picking up the win by a margin of over 100 points.
Women’s Meet Recap
The Nittany Lions held a tight grip on the lead throughout the meet, winning 15 out of the 16 events and walking away with a final score of 211 points to St. Bonaventure’s 81.
The veterans led the charge for Penn State, with a handful of seniors and fifth years picking up seven individual wins between them.
Twins Catherine Meisner and Julia Meisner each won two events apiece. Catherine took home the victory in the 100 and 200 free, turning in times of 50.29 and 1:46.82, respectively, while Julia prevailed in the 200 fly and 200 IM with times of 2:01.00 and 2:02.54, respectively.
Classmate Morgan Moore also picked up two victories, sweeping the distance events and charging into the wall first in the 500 free (4:57.09) and 1000 free (10:03.07), both of which were a few seconds faster than where she was at last year’s season opener.
Meanwhile, fifth-year Margaret Markvardt raced into 1st-place in the 100 back in 55.17, nearly a full second ahead of Bonnies’ runner-up Sophie Baker (56.09).
Penn State freshman Cyrah Robinson won two individual events in her collegiate debut. She prevailed in the 50 free, throwing down a new lifetime best time of 23.60, and the 100 fly, posting a time of 55.10. Robinson was also a part of the winning 400 free relay team, joining teammates Moore, Audrey Cohen and Julia Barto to touch first in 3:24.49.
Sophomore Grace Brammer swept the diving events, posting a score of 262.95 on the one-meter and 314.63 on the three-meter. She led a 1-2-3 finish for Penn State on the three-meter, with Elizabeth Pucci-Schaefer and Abigail Ekstrom taking 2nd and 3rd with 273.60 and 269.48 points, respectively.
Bringing home St. Bonaventure’s sole event victory of the day was junior Anna Forjan. Forjan dominated the 200 back, racing into the wall four seconds ahead of the runner-up finisher with a time of 2:00.17. Her performance was less than three seconds off of her lifetime best in the event (1:57.27).
Other top contributors for the Bonnies included freshman Sophie Baker, who took 2nd in the 100 back (56.09), and classmate Kate Hill, who was the runner-up in the 100 free (51.89). Hill also took 3rd in the 50 free, clocking a personal best time of 24.07.
St. Bonaventure sophomore Dhavgely Mendoza helped boost the team’s score in the diving events, taking the runner-up spot on the one-meter with a score of 256.13 points, not far behind winner Brammer.
Men’s Meet Recap
Penn State swept the men’s side of the meet to walk away with a decisive victory over the Bonnies, winning all 16 events and racking up 228 points in comparison to St. Bonaventure’s 72 points.
Several Nittany Lions posted double victories in the different event disciplines.
Senior Cooper Morley won both the 100 and 200 back, turning in times of 46.42 and 1:46.95, while classmate Mariano Lazzerini touched first in the 100 and 200 breast with times of 52.54 and 1:56.39.
Penn State junior Tylor Kim prevailed in back-to-back events, winning the 50 free (19.90) and 100 free (43.26), with both swims only being a few tenths off of his best times.
The one-meter and three-meter diving events went to Hayden Elliot. Elliot posted scores of 320.85 points and 321.30 points, respectively, and was the only diver to score over 300 points in either event at the meet.
The Nittany Lions went 1-2-3 in the 500 free, led by senior Eduardo Cisternas, who also won the 1000 free (9:15.79) earlier in the meet. Cisternas claimed the victory in the 500 in 4:24.83, followed by sophomores Ryan Anselm (4:28.47) and Jack Clancy (4:34.44).
In an exciting twist, Penn State teammates Andrew Christensen and Alex Karahalis tied for 1st in the 200 IM, both posting a time of 1:49.54 to mark the only tie of the meet. The performance also marked a new lifetime best for Christensen.
St. Bonaventure turned in four runner-up performances over the course of the meet. Sophomore Mark Mizsei led the charge, taking 2nd in the 200 fly in 1:49.16 before placing 3rd in the 100 fly in 49.40.
Joseph Pyon took the runner-up spot ahead of Mizsei in the 100 fly, touching in 49.07 to secure his highest-placing finish of the day.
Mark Polos snagged a 2nd-place finish in the 200 breast with a time of 2:08.57, trailing winner Lazzerini by 12 seconds. Polos also took 4th in the 100 breast in 58.40.
On the diving boards, senior Ben O’Neill picked up a silver on the three-meter thanks to his score of 272.55 points.
Other top performers for the Bonnies included freshman David Mutter, who earned his first top-three finish of his collegiate career in the 200 free. He placed 3rd in 1:41.51, narrowly outtouching teammate Kevyn Collazo Torres (1:41.64).
Mutter’s classmate Blaise Sadowski took 3rd in the 100 breast, racing into the wall in a time of 58.22 to become St. Bonaventure’s top finisher in that event.
Up Next
St. Bonaventure had a quick turnaround, as the Bonnies headed to New Jersey on October 11 to face Fordham in another dual meet match-up. Penn State is back in action on October 18, when it will host Yale for the Nittany Lions’ senior meet.
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